Antonyms for pin point
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pin-point |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt |
Definition of pin point
Origin :- also pin-point, "point of a pin," 1849, from pin (n.) + point (n.). Taken into aeronautics in sense "place identified from the air," hence verb meaning "locate precisely" (1917), which originally was aviators' slang. Related: Pinpointed; pinpointing. As an adjective, "performed with precisional accuracy," 1944, originally of aerial bombing.
- As in point : noun sharp end, top, end of extension
- As in mucro : noun point
- As in mucronation : noun point
- Painfully the arrow (in this case a pin point) was taken from the eye.
- Extract from : « Revolutionary Reader » by Sophie Lee Foster
- "We've got to pin point this thing," I said as we went back to her living room.
- Extract from : « The Right Time » by Walter Bupp
- The electric potentiality of Niagara in a pin point of dust of yellow fire.
- Extract from : « The Metal Monster » by A. Merritt
- The Moon had dwindled to a pin point of light beside the crescent Earth.
- Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings
- A second flash—giant and terrible nearby—a pin point of light among the stars.
- Extract from : « A Matter of Importance » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- It was a strain as delicate as a pin point ray of light in a dark room, but it made Kate tremble.
- Extract from : « The Seventh Man » by Max Brand
- His burning cigarette made a pin point of light as he tossed it into the river.
- Extract from : « The Secret Pact » by Mildred A. Wirt
- The electron moon paled to the size of a pin point, then went out.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
- The compressed air drives the oil to the lantern, up through that burner in a hole hardly big enough to take a pin point.
- Extract from : « Some Naval Yarns » by Mordaunt Hall
- Practically, a dot may be larger than a pin point and may have definite shape—a square dot or a round dot.
- Extract from : « Applied Design for Printers » by Harry Lawrence Gage
Synonyms for pin point
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